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No 16A capacity and they say only for use with Class II equipment, even though they have actually fitted metal earth contacts to the adapter.
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At least it says "Do not use in the UK". It would be better if they deleted the last 3 words though.
It does - but probably only because the pins will not fit into a BS1363 socket (at least, without some 'welly'!!)!
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That rather reminds me of my oft-mentioned story about what happened when my daughter pressed the test button on her RCD ...
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That happened to me when I pressed the test button on an old QOH Square D RCBO..
Gave me a hell of a fright!
Gave me a hell of a fright!
Same with my daughter. There was a very loud bang and a cloud of soot (which took out the cutout fuse). Unfortunately, it has caused her to take a "never again" attitude to pressing a test button. In that case, the problem arose because when it operated, the trip mechanism somehow sliced through the insulation of the main conductors, presumably due to some manufacturing fault (although she had been pressing the button regularly for several years before this happened)...
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Can someone please explain the difference between using the test button to switch off and using the test button to test.
I think that was one of Adam's main implied points. There obviously is no difference - so how on earth can using the button to switch is off carry a risk of death AND yet failure to press it monthly (to test) can also result in death?!!
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Perhaps it's implied that their might be a leakage in the load and therefore the load should be disconnected before pressing the button? Otherwise the test would not be reliable.
Though clearly easier on an RCD than RCBO.
To add my own tale. Thus is my parents 80s Legrand board last week on EICR. Limit should be 100mA on main RCCB, but it passed an imbalance of 1A and then flew sparks when test button pressed, and I let some of the all-important smoke escape.
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Though clearly easier on an RCD than RCBO.
To add my own tale. Thus is my parents 80s Legrand board last week on EICR. Limit should be 100mA on main RCCB, but it passed an imbalance of 1A and then flew sparks when test button pressed, and I let some of the all-important smoke escape.
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Does the notice to test (or any manufacturer) say turn off all associated MCBs before pressing the test button?
Should people turn off all appliances before switching off the MCBs?
It does say do that before pulling BS3036 fuse carrier.
Why would you turn off MCBs before switching? They're a load breaking device.
Warning notices change over time in light of perceived threats and experience. Perhaps Schneider now percieve something different that they didn't before.
Warning notices change over time in light of perceived threats and experience. Perhaps Schneider now percieve something different that they didn't before.
Perhaps the link through from Adams post through to the suggestion I gave above is a little vague, but I still don't know where I said that MCBs should have their load disconnected before switching MCBs, as you did.
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